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Pennypack Ecological Restoration Trust

Crossroads Marsh–Creek Road Trail, 5 sights

3.1 mi · ▲ 140 ft · 1 hr 6 min

Crossroads Marsh–Creek Road Trail, 5 sights is a 3.1-mile out-and-back in Pennypack Ecological Restoration Trust near Woodmont, PA. The route reaches Crossroads Marsh at the turnaround, 1.4 miles in. It is mostly level, with 140 ft of elevation gain. It scores 11/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi128 – 305 ft · steepest grade: 18%3.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Pennypack Creek Trail 40.15644, -75.08061
Nearest town Woodmont, PA
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Crossroads Marsh–Creek Road Trail, 5 sights

3.1 mi · ▲ 140 ft · 1 hr 6 min

Elevation 128–304 ft

Out & Back · Pennypack Ecological Restoration Trust

Trailhead: Pennypack Creek Trail · 40.15644, -75.08061

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:28 PM

No dogs on part of this route · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Pennypack Creek Trail, heading SE.
  2. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
  3. 0.2 miTurn right onto Webb Walk, heading SE.
  4. 300 ftContinue straight onto Creek Road Trail, heading W.
  5. 0.3 miSharp right onto Mitchell Trail, heading SE.
  6. 0.3 miTurn left onto Wood's Edge Trail, heading SW.
  7. 100 ftTurn right onto Old Lane, heading SW.
  8. 0.2 miTurn left onto Meadow Crossing, heading S.
  9. 0.1 miPass Crossroads Marsh.
  10. 250 ftTurn left onto Rosebush Trail, heading SE.
  11. 0.2 miTurn right onto Creek Road Trail, heading E.
  12. 0.1 miTurn left onto Paper Mill Road Trail, heading SE.
  13. 350 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  14. 50 ftBear left onto Pennypack Trail, heading SE.
  15. 0.8 miSharp left onto Creek Road Trail, heading NE.
  16. 450 ftSharp right onto Pennypack Creek Trail, heading NE.
  17. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  18. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/crossroads-marsh-crossroads-marsh-out-back-6-sights-5-km

Trail surface

49% gravel29% dirt6% grass4% paved12% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:28 PM

Good to know

  • No dogs on part of this route
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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